Removal of metal ions from sodium arsenate solution using tree fern

Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 352-356

  Ho, Y S ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Agricultural by product; Isotherm; Kinetic model; Sodium; Tree fern

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INORGANIC ACIDS; IONS; ISOTHERMS; RATE CONSTANTS; SORPTION; ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ION EXCHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SODIUM;

METAL IONS;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

FILICOPHYTA;

AGRICULTURAL BY-PRODUCT; EQUILIBRIUM CAPACITY; KINETIC MODEL; METAL IONS; TREE FERN;

EID: 0242364227     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/095758203770224388     Document Type: Article

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